1. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 41 PHY 770 -- Statistical Mechanics 12:30-1:45 PM TR Olin 107 Instructor: Natalie Holzwarth (Olin 300) Course Webpage: http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s14phy770http://www.wfu.edu/~natalie/s14phy770 Lecture 3-4 * -- Chapter 3 Review of Thermodynamics – continued 1.Properties of thermodynamic potentials 2.Response functions 3.Thermodynamic stability * Special double lecture, starting at 11 AM on 1/21/2014

2. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 42

3. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 43

4. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 44

5. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 45 Summary of thermodynamic potentials PotentialVariablesTotal DiffFund. Eq. US,X,N i HS,Y,N i AT,X,N i GT,Y,N i  T,X,  i

6. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 46 Derivative relationships of thermodynamic potentials

7. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 47 Properties of thermodynamic potentials “Potential” in the sense that energy can be stored and retrieved through thermodynamic work Equalities  reversible processes Inequalities  general processes Entropy Entropy production due to irreversible processes Reversible entropy contribution

8. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 48 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Entropy  At equilibrium when dS=0, S is a maximum

9. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 49 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Internal energy  At equilibrium when dU=0, U is a minimum (for fixed S, X, and {N i })

10. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 410 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Enthalpy  At equilibrium when dH=0, H is a minimum (for fixed S, Y, and {N i })

11. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 411 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Helmholz free energy  At equilibrium when dA=0, A is a minimum (for fixed T, X, and {N i })

12. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 412 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Gibbs free energy  At equilibrium when dG=0, G is a minimum (for fixed T, Y, and {N i })

13. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 413 Inequalities associated with thermodynamic potentials – continued Grand potential  At equilibrium when d ,  is a minimum (for fixed T, X, and {  i })

14. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 414 Example: Consider a system having a constant electrostatic potential  at fixed T and P containing a fixed number of particles {N i } for i=1,… Find the change in the Gibbs free energy when dN particles, each with charge q  are reversibly added to the system.

15. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 415 Thermodynamic response functions -- heat capacity

16. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 416 Thermodynamic response functions -- heat capacity -- continued

17. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 417 Example: Heat capacity

18. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 418 Thermodynamic response functions -- heat capacity -- continued

19. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 419 Thermodynamic response functions -- mechanical response Results stated here without derivation:

20. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 420 Thermodynamic response functions -- mechanical response Typical parameters: Isothermal susceptiblity  isothermal compressibility Adiabatic susceptiblity  adiabatic compressibility Thermal expansivity  Thermal expansivity

21. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 421 Example: mechanical responses for an ideal gas

22. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 422 Stability analysis of the equilibrium state   Assume that the total system is isolated, but that there can be exchange of variables A and B.

23. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 423 Stability analysis of the equilibrium state   Note that this result does not hold for non-porous partition.

24. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 424 Stability analysis of the equilibrium state – continued Note that the equilibrium condition can be a stable or unstable equilibrium. Stable function (convex) Unstable function (concave) f x f x

25. 1/21/2014PHY 770 Spring 2014 -- Lecture 3 & 425 Stability analysis of the equilibrium state -- continued